Sarcopenia and blood myokine levels as prognostic biomarkers in patients with liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma

The association of the serum levels of myostatin, follistatin, and interleukin-6 with sarcopenia, and their impacts on survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

(2020) Kanghyug Choi et al.   Clinical and Molecular Hepatology

Sarcopenia Predicts Prognosis in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Independent of Tumor Stage and Liver Function

(2018) Yeonjung Ha et al.   Cancer Research and Treatment

Sarcopenia is associated with reduced survival in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing sorafenib treatment

(2018) Giulio Antonelli et al.   United European Gastroenterology Journal

Prognostic significance of sarcopenia in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing sorafenib therapy

(2017) Hiroki Nishikawa et al.   Oncology Letters

Elevated serum myostatin level is associated with worse survival in patients with liver cirrhosis

(2017) Hiroki Nishikawa et al.   Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle

Pivotal role of glutamine synthetase in ammonia detoxification

(2016) Theodorus B.M. Hakvoort et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Impaired Follistatin Secretion in Cirrhosis

(2016) Anders Rasmussen Rinnov et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Sarcopenia Impacts on Short- and Long-term Results of Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

(2015) Thibault Voron et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Identification of skeletal muscle mass depletion across age and BMI groups in health and disease—there is need for a unified definition

(2014) A Bosy-Westphal et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Signaling pathways controlling skeletal muscle mass

(2013) Marc A. Egerman et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

MuRF-1 and p-GSK3β expression in muscle atrophy of cirrhosis

(2013) Manuela Merli et al.   LIVER INTERNATIONAL

Muscles, exercise and obesity: skeletal muscle as a secretory organ

(2012) Bente K. Pedersen et al.   Nature Reviews Endocrinology

The role of myostatin in muscle wasting: an overview

(2011) Yulia Elkina et al.   Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle

Insulin resistance is associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis C infection

(2010) Chao-Hung Hung   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Activins and activin antagonists in hepatocellular carcinoma

(2008) Alev Deli   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY